The Department of Naval Science provides a four-year program of instruction leading to a commission as an officer in the U.S. Navy or Marine Corps. The program is known as the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) and is voluntary in that students may withdraw from the program at any time during the freshman year. At the start of the sophomore year, scholarship NROTC students enter into an agreement with the Department of the Navy that specifies active duty service after college work is completed.

REQUIREMENTS

The general requirements for enrollment in the NROTC College Program are to:

1. be a citizen of the United States

2. be physically qualified

3. possess personal characteristics and potential requisite to be a Naval/Marine Corps Officer

4. not be a conscientious objector

5. meet other requirements as specified by the U.S. Navy.

THE FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM

The four-year program is geared to students who enter the NROTC program as freshmen. Students are introduced to the field of naval science, which encompasses a broad variety of subjects ranging from basic seamanship to fleet operations. Topics covered during the first half of the four-year program include principles of naval ships systems, naval leadership and management, seapower, and maritime affairs. The second half of the four year program (junior and senior years) is devoted to navigation and naval operations, naval weaponry, naval leadership and ethics, and, for Marine Corps Option Students, Amphibious Warfare and a study of warfare through the ages. In addition to specified courses, students will also meet with their NROTC unit weekly for orientation experiences to service life. Four-week summer training cruises are also part of the naval science program.

THE TWO-YEAR PROGRAM

The two-year program is for interested students who are eligible and qualify to participate in NROTC in their junior and senior years. Students should apply for enrollment through the Professor of Naval Science before the spring semester of the sophomore year. If accepted into the two-year program, students will attend the six-week Naval Science Institute at Newport, Rhode Island, during the summer between the sophomore and junior years. Upon return to campus, students will participate in the NROTC program.

NAVAL SCIENCES MINOR

Completion of 18 semester hours in the following: NAVY 1101, 1105, 2401, 4402 (9 hours total); and select three courses from the following electives: NAVY 2205, 3301, 3302, 3310, 4207, 4410.

FINANCIAL BENEFITS AND NROTC SCHOLARSHIPS

All NROTC students receive required uniforms and naval science textbooks when they begin the program as freshmen. In their junior year as two-year program students, they will also receive a tax-free subsistence allowance of $200 a month. NROTC scholarship students will also receive tuition, cost of textbooks, instructional fees and $200 a month. Students receive pay and are reimbursed for associated travel expense while participating in summer training experiences. Students interested in the Naval ROTC programs should contact the Professor of Naval Science.